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No expectations, no limitations, This is where craft and curiosity collide. I create my world of sound & sight.
I drop ten tracks you probably haven’t heard of, show a glimpse of what I uncover as I document my life in CDMX, and highlight other artists I’m tuned in to.
The Chris mix
Everyone has posted their Spotify Wrapped by now. I have definitely been judging you based on what your Spotify Wrapped says. I just think about how 87.6% of all musicians releasing music are ‘Undiscovered’ and that there’s about 100 million artists worldwide. If we all had easier access to all music artists, would everyone still opt to listen to the same music artists they do now?
This week’s blog post will be the last one of 2025. Because of this, the Chris Mix will be 20 songs I have really liked what I have found since my last update to the mix. I have been becoming more busy with work and personal stuff, but I never stop looking for new music.
Considering everyone is getting ready for New Years events, I chose to start the first half of the mix with tracks that add more pep in your step. Ralphie Choo‘s Pirri is my favorite track that I discovered thanks to a friend’s recommendation (gracias Nadira). The track is a prime example of songs that define the year in music from emerging music artists. Honestly anything with sounds that punch are big hooks for me, like Demi Yo’ko’s Dogs In The Garden.
The second half of the mix is more heartfelt, tracks that you would sing every word of or play to ease into something. I have been a Hether fan ever since their 2019 single When U Loved Me (paired with a conceptually stunning music video). I love that they have stayed true to their style and sound over the years. It seems like it’s finally paying off seeing that this year they have reached multimillion streamed songs and notable collabs like Orion Sun. Their latest song Company is one of my favorite songs of 2025.
2025 was a great year for music from emerging artists; Plastikboy‘s quieremeunpoco (moody and melancholic); FLVKKA‘s So what we get drunk? (full of glitz and hype); and literally every music artist mentioned above. I was thinkin’ about making a separate playlist of my favorite songs of 2025, but there isn’t enough interest. Shit, I don’t even think there are people reading through the entire blog. Once in a while I’ll look through the analytics and I be gettin’ views from countries I ain’t never been to. Thanks if you be reading through the entire blog. My guess is we’ve probably met before. Hope you have a great rest of the year.
If you don’t personally know me, you probably have gotten some kind of idea of who I am. If you celebrate Christmas or don’t expect to receive anything before the year ends, let me be the stranger that gifts you with something you can enjoy for as long as you want. Listen responsibly.
Documenting Before coming to Mexico CIty
I couldn’t have 2025 without December 2024, literally.
This year has been a ping pong game of how many times can I travel between CDMX and other cities on every type of transportation imaginable. I have really shown a lot on my Instagram, but it’s only a fraction of what I have documented despite it being a lot.
As 2025 ends, I want to take it back a year ago (I thought about it way to much but usually we look back one what we have done within the year when New Years Day approaches rather thanI looking back at what was done exactly a year ago, which is what I want to do with this blog post). This year has been on go trying to build my world in a new place, but it wasn't without taking a giant leap of faith that took place last December. I was living in what has to be my favorite city in the US before driving for 7 days about 2,500 miles west to San Diego before fully committing to my final destination.
This was my 5th time experiencing a cross country drive, and my second time doing it alone. I took a different route, a different approach, and a different attitude through this entire trip. The best and worst thing I did on this trip was set no expectations or concrete plans, but it’s the most quintessential necessity on any solo trip that I love implementing. It is the best way to make lasting memories, a tattoo for the soul if you will.
The icing on the cake was documenting my entire experience, even before I left Atlanta. I love looking back on these videos every so often to remember where I left off; to remind me how much fun it is and how lucky I am to be me. This is also a start to my own personal ritual to document myself, regardless of what kind of shit I’m going through. First 2 episodes are on my Instagram @_chris_ .
“If you don’t photograph yourself, when you have died, you have died forever.”
I’m still working on the format 🤷🏽♂️
Artist in focus
Gossip Goblin - AI Artist https://www.gossipgoblin.studio
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a buzz worthy topic for the past few years and continues to. While most applications has been used as a way to replicate styles or cut corners, I have found something AI that is worth paying attention to, maybe even worth the water being wasted to cool down the data centers (Jk it’s incredibly fucked; Earth already had a pre-existing carbon footprint that had us worried about entering an irreversible stage and now these data centers are fueling the flames at an accelerated rate).
Personally, the most I’ve ever used AI was to help me get this website running and make it look the way I want it to. Some have gone far as to use AI as a way to replace costly therapy sessions.
AI artist (which is a bit strange to say and oxymoronic that an artist is strictly relying on AI to present their work) that goes by Gossip Goblin (GG) has been prompting visual work as a way to question the evolving relationship between human and machine rather than recreating human experiences that has been lived or seen before. He creates captivating sci-fi narratives through extensive, world building lore that is borderline satirical and goes beyond any conventional AI art that is out right now. This use of AI is what I consider less unethical than conventional AI applications; to create something as a means to supplement a bigger picture or go beyond what is accessible for complex ideation.
Who knows how many prompts he had to create to get to the style he has created, but it’s so stylized that artistically it does not look AI. It’s the concept GG has built, so otherworldly and foreign that gives the impression of AI. In comparison, it makes Bladerunner and Cyberpunk 2077 seem practical and plausible.
I’ve manage to scroll down far enough to find GG started as an illustrator. Tbh his decision to pivot into his current work is a textbook example of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” I guarantee there is nothing/no one else you will find that is on a level of storytelling and consistency from artist posting on social media than GG. All that’s left is for GG’s ideas to be picked up by a production studio and made into a series. A movie is not enough screen time to cover the post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror universe he has built in his reels. But his reels are captive enough to want to get comfy with some snacks and binge watch.
GG has a short film premiering on YouTube on the 26th, though it’s unclear if it’s independent to any of the lore he’s built. Sci-fi has always been my favorite genre of storytelling, but even if it isn’t what you are into, the satire is an uncanny thought provoking prophecy and worth the listen if not worth the watch.